Austin Peay carries marks of Loos' term

Longtime AD giving up role

11:42 PM,
Jul. 7, 2013

Robert Smith/The Leaf-Chronicle Austin Peay's head coach Dave Loos cuts down the net after winning Saturday's OVC Championship game in Nashville. The Governors won there fourth OVC Championship by defeating TSU by a score of 82-64.

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Luke Thompson
| Gannett Tennessee

It's tough to go far on Austin Peay's campus without being reminded of how important Dave Loos has been during the longest current athletics director tenure in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Along with his name on the court at Dunn Center and his school hall of fame plaque in the building's front lobby, improvements to nearly every athletics facility show the benefits of Loos' work over the past 16 years.

Even beyond the physical evidence, the culture created by the longtime men's basketball coach can be seen among all of Austin Peay's coaches, athletes and athletics staff. ...